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> TUI Emacs has the terminal emulator (and also commonly tmux) limiting and conflicting with the clipboard, keybindings, colors, and more. None of these limitations are present in GUI Emacs.

Is it me, or is this telling me that the terminal Emacs experience is just severely crippled compared to the GUI one?




sorry for the late reply ...

I have been using emacs for org mode and common lisp coding for about 1 year ... In my (very limited) experience I've noticed these differences:

- TUI can't display images

- Some keystroke combinations are "absorbed" by the terminal so are not available. I believe they are shift+alt key combinations. A little annoying, but not a huge deal-breaker.

... and that's all I've encountered so far.

I don't think TUI is severely crippled compared to the GUI version, but the GUI version is nicer to use.




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